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Zerodha, one of India’s leading stock brokerage firms, has rolled out six new features on its trading platform, Kite, to improve the trading experience for investors. The updates aim to simplify order placement, enhance risk management, and streamline the overall trading process.
Key Updates on Zerodha Kite
Zerodha’s founder and CEO, Nithin Kamath, announced the new features on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), highlighting the following improvements:
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Order Slicing – Large orders will now be automatically split into smaller portions to comply with exchange limits. For example, Nifty orders can be divided into up to 20 slices, each containing 1,800 quantities, allowing traders to execute bulk trades efficiently.
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Available Margin Display – Traders can now view their available funds directly in the order window, eliminating the need to switch between tabs.
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Market Depth in Order Window – The latest market depth information is now accessible within the order placement window, providing real-time insights before executing trades.
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Remembering F&O Quantity – Kite will now store the last entered Futures & Options (F&O) quantity, automatically filling it in for the next order, saving time for frequent traders.
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Market Protection Feature – A safeguard against price slippage during volatile market conditions. It ensures market orders don’t execute at unexpected prices.
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New Basket Icon – Users can now create and execute multiple orders simultaneously from anywhere on the platform, improving trading efficiency.
Why These Updates Matter
These enhancements make trading on Kite faster, more intuitive, and safer. Order slicing, for instance, allows high-volume traders to execute bulk trades seamlessly, while market protection ensures that traders do not face unexpected losses due to price fluctuations. The new basket feature simplifies multi-instrument trading, making it more convenient for investors to manage complex strategies.
Zerodha’s Competitive Edge
With competitors like Upstox and Angel Broking also upgrading their platforms, these new Kite features reaffirm Zerodha’s commitment to staying ahead in the brokerage industry. By continuously enhancing its services, Zerodha ensures that its trading platform remains one of the most user-friendly and efficient options in the Indian market.
FAQ
Zerodha has added order slicing, available margin display, market protection, a basket icon, market depth in order windows, and F&O quantity memory.
Order slicing automatically splits large orders into smaller portions to comply with exchange limits, allowing traders to place high-volume trades efficiently.
This feature shows the trader's available funds directly in the order window, eliminating the need to check balances separately.
Market protection prevents market orders from executing at unexpected prices during high volatility, ensuring better price control.
The basket icon lets traders create and execute multiple orders quickly from any section of the platform, streamlining multi-instrument trading.
Yes, Kite now remembers the last entered F&O quantity and automatically fills it in the next time you open the order window.
These features are aimed at simplifying the trading process, improving efficiency, and offering better risk management for investors.
